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Quinn Asena
Post-doctoral research associate developing and applying new statistical methods to palaeoecological data to understand ecosystem responses to environmental change. Working with Jack Williams and Tony Ives on data across North America on an NSF funded project: Abrupt Change in Ecosystems. I also like to get hands on in the field and lab.
Education
PhD, University of Auckland
School of Environment
Auckland, NZ
2021 - 2017
- PhD explored virtual ecological methods for generating pseudoproxy data to assess statistical inferences under data uncertainty.
- Supervised by George Perry and Janet Wilmshurst
MEnv. Environmental Science
University of York
York, UK
2016 - 2012
- 1st class integrated masters degree in environmental science. Master’s researched involved environmental monitoring using sensor networks and robotics.
Certified Carpentries instructor
Global digital skills community
Virtual
N/A
- Certified to host and assist in running workshops from The Carpentries organisation
Selected Positions
Post-doctoral research associate
University or Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Present - 2022
- NSF grant, developing state-space modelling methods to analyse palaeoeological records
- Abrupt change in ecosystems project lead by Jack Williams and Anthony Ives
Research Assistant
University of Auckland
Auckland, NZ
2022 - 2021
- Conducting a bibliometric analysis on the topic of climate justice
Engagement Specialist
Centre for e-Research
Auckland, NZ
2022 - 2021
- Engaging with researchers to provide advice and resources for their research compute needs
- Includes technical skills for virtual machines (Linux, Bash, Slurm), high performance computing, and version control
Articles and Publications
Courses
Attended several courses during my PhD to improve my software proficiency and scientific understanding including:
Software courses:
- - Software Carpentry
- - Winter Bootcamp
- - Research Bazaar
University Papers/Modules:
- - Environmental Data Analysis
- - Modelling of Environmental Systems
Skills
- - programming
- - High performance computing
- - Microscopy
- - ITRAX core scanning
- - Peat core preparation
Guidelines for Reporting and Archiving 210Pb Sediment Chronologies to Improve Fidelity and Extend Data Lifecycle
Quaternary Geochronology
N/A
2019
- Courtney-Mustaphi et al.
Peatland carbon stocks and burn history: Blanket bog peat core evidence highlights charcoal impacts on peat physical properties and long-term carbon storage
GEO: Geography and Environment
N/A
2018
- Heinemeyer et al.
Population viability analyses in New Zealand: a review
New Zealand Journal of Ecology
N/A
2018
- Simpkins et al.
Assessing the links between resilience, disturbance and functional traits in paleoecological datasets
Past Global Changes Magazine, vol. 26(2), 87
N/A
2018
- Hamilton et al.
Packages, apps and resources
George Perry Lab
Interested in the lab group? Visit George Perry’s lab group: Spatial Ecology Group
Williams Lab
Check out the Williams lab
Ives Lab
See what the Ives Lab group do
fisheR
R package
N/A
2019
- Translation of python script for calculating Fisher’s Information on time-series data
- Code available on GitHub
Population growth app
Shiny app
N/A
2019
- Population growth app exploring different population growth equations for educational purposes
Population growth lecture aid app
Shiny app
N/A
2019
- App to accompany population growth lecture and help students through population growth calculations
Selected Workshops and Conferences
BES: Palaeo in R
British Ecological Society
Virtual
2022
- Speaker on virtual ecological methods to assessing uncertainty in palaeoecological data using pseudoproxies
AGU
American Geophysical Union
Chicago, IL
2022
- Speaker on virtual ecological methods for assessing uncertainty in palaeoecological data using pseudoproxies
AMQUA
American Quaternary Association
Madison, WI
2022
- Poster session on virtual ecological methods to assessing uncertainty in palaeoecological data using pseudoproxies